The Chennai Open, also known as the WTA Indian Open, is a tournament for professional female tennis players, held since 2003 in various Indian cities. It is a WTA Tour event played on outdoor hardcourts.
Following the restructuring of the WTA Tour in 2009, there were no WTA tournaments in India until 2022 (except some WTA Challengers), when the tournament came back as a WTA 250 event, called the Chennai Open. After a three-year hiatus the tournament did return when the WTA announced that it would make a comeback the last week of October 2025.
History The event started in 2003 as a Tier IV event. It was held in SAAP Tennis Complex in Hyderabad, Telangana until 2005. In 2006, the event was upgraded to a Tier III event, and was moved to Bangalore. In 2008, it was upgraded further to a Tier II event with a prize money of $600,000 – this made it the biggest women's tennis tournament in South and Southeast Asia that year.
The 2008 edition was won by 26-year-old, then eight-time Grand-Slam champion Serena Williams, who defeated Patty Schnyder in the final, winning her 29th WTA Tour title.Serena reigns supreme
Chennai held a WTA 250 tournament in 2022 and 2025. It will host its last tournament in November 2026 before its franchise will be taken over by the Philippines in 2027.
Sponsors From 2003 to 2005, the event was sponsored by Andhra Pradesh Tourism (AP Tourism), and the tournament was named accordingly. In 2006 and 2007, the event was sponsored by Sony Ericsson, and the tournament was also named after the sponsor. In 2008, it was sponsored by the Canara Bank which would have continued to sponsor the event if it had been held 2009 onwards.
Past finals Singles LocationYear Champion Runner-up Score Hyderabad ↓ Tier IV event ↓2003 Tamarine Tanasugarn Iroda Tulyaganova 6–4, 6–42004 Nicole Pratt Maria Kirilenko 7–6(7–3), 6–12005 Sania Mirza Alona Bondarenko 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 Bengaluru ↓ Tier III event ↓2006 Mara Santangelo Jelena Kostanić 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–32007 Yaroslava Shvedova Mara Santangelo 6–4, 6–4 ↓ Tier II event ↓2008 Serena Williams Patty Schnyder 7–5, 6–32009–2021 Not held Chennai ↓ WTA 250 event ↓ 2022 Linda Fruhvirtová Magda Linette 4–6, 6–3, 6–42023–2024 Not held 2025 Janice Tjen Kimberly Birrell 6–4, 6–3
Doubles LocationYear Champions Runners-up Score Hyderabad ↓ Tier IV event ↓2003 Elena Likhovtseva Iroda Tulyaganova Evgenia Kulikovskaya Tatiana Poutchek 6–4, 6–42004 Liezel Huber Sania Mirza Li Ting Sun Tiantian 7–6(7–1), 6–42005 Yan Zi Zheng Jie Li Ting Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–1 Bengaluru ↓ Tier III event ↓2006 Liezel Huber (2) Sania Mirza (2) Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina 6–3, 6–32007 Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei Alla Kudryavtseva 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [11–9] ↓ Tier II event ↓2008 Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]2009–2021 Not held Chennai ↓ WTA 250 event ↓ 2022 Gabriela Dabrowski Luisa Stefani Anna Blinkova Natela Dzalamidze 6–1, 6–22023–2024 Not held 2025 Aldila Sutjiadi Janice Tjen Storm Hunter Monica Niculescu 7–5, 6–4
See also Bengaluru Open Royal Indian Open Mumbai Open Maharashtra Open List of tennis tournaments
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